Choose Rugby


CHOOSE RUGBY.

Choose a club. Choose a team. Choose a family. Choose a f*cking big prop; choose jumpers, tactics, big mean forwards and lightning fast backs. Choose good health, low blows, and dental insurance. Choose fixed stares and intimidating hakas. Choose a starting line-up. Choose a top-end scrum machine on hire purchase in a range of f*cking colours. Choose ICU and wondering where the f*ck you've woken up on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that icecold bench watching mind-numbing, spirit-enriching live matches, stuffing f*
ucking cold pies into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of the night, pishing your last in a miserable outhouse, nothing less than a legend to the selfish, f*cked-up brats you trained to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose Rugby.


ESCOLHA RUGBY.

Escolha Rugby. Escolha um clube. Escolha um time. Escolha uma familia. Escolha um prop do c*ralho; escolha segunda-linhas, táticas, grandes e crueis forwards, e rápidos backs. Escolha uma boa saúde, golpes baixos, e o plano dental. Escolha olhares fixos e hakas intimidantes.
Escolha um ponto de partida line-up. Escolha seus amigos. Escolha agasalho e kitbags combinando. Escolha uma máquina potente de scrum comprada ou de alugada em uma gama de cores do c*ralho. Escolha UTI e se perguntando onde diabos você acordou numa manhã de domingo. Escolha sentar naquele banco assistindo entorpecido mentalmente, com espírito enriquecedor aos jogos ao vivo, estufando de tortas frias do c*ralho em sua boca. Escolha apodrecer no final da noite, xingando seu passado em uma casinha miserável, nada mais do que uma lenda para os egoístas, pirralhos f*dido você treinou para substitui-lo. Escolha o seu futuro. Escolha Rugby.


Saturday 9 October 2010

"I love the smell of pitch marking fluid in the morning"

It is spring in Rio de Janeiro, and FINALLY there is rugby on the tv, with Espn showing two live Heineken Cup matches this weekend. First up was Leinster v Racing, i.e. 

 V     

Magnifique!
Leinster won 38-22, and it was great to once again have high level rugby on tv. The more visibility that there is for the game here, the better. Otherwise it will be business as usual, and football(soccer) will continue devouring all the sports-related money/resources/sponsors/tv time/publicity.

Next up on ESPN is Bath v Biarritz, Sunday 9am, but wait, there's more! Bandsports, another cable tv channel, are showing both semifinals from September's Womens Rugby World Cup today (Oct 9th), and the final tomorrow. Fandabidozi!  All this tv time is just what the game needs here in Brasil, here's hoping it continues.

Finally, will Bandsports please remember that they have coverage rights to the Super 8, Brasil's top national league, and SHOW IT ON TV !!!

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